Archives: Documents
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GUPAP Community-led Action in crisis (CLA)
This one-pager explains the approach structure and mechanisms of the Community-Led Solidarity Marketing Campaigns (CLSMCs) introduced by the the Gaza Urban and Periurban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP) in 2022 to enhance the resilience for Gaza urban women agriprenuers.
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Fact sheet on women agripreneurs’ rights from a food sovereignty perspective
This fact sheet produced by the Gaza Urban and Periurban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP) provides context on agriculture in the Gaza strip before the intense war in Gaza since late 2023, and the roles and contribution of women in the local food system. It summarizes the challenges facing women agripreneurs.
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Fact sheet on enhanced market share of urban women agripreneurs: Opportunities, barriers and way forward
This fact sheet describes the major opportunities to enhance the ole of women agripreneurs in Gaza’s food sector, defining major barriers that limit their access to higher market share and intervention strategies to overcome them.
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Community-led approaches to realize the right to food and enhance resilience of the local food system in crisis in Gaza, Palestine
The two-page case study introduces the Gaza Urban and Periurban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP) and the Urban Women Agripreneurs Forum (UWAF), formed by GUPAP in 2019 to enable the community to drive change.
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Al-Quarara Seed Bank success & resilience story
This short document produced by the Gaza Urban and Periurban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP) tells the story of the Al-Quarara Seed Bank to safeguard 33 varieties of indigenous ‘Baladi’ seeds from extinction.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 41 – Linking future policies and next practices
This issue of Urban Agriculture Magazine showcases tangible actions, outputs innovative policies, and unexplored angles of urban agriculture. It identifies challenges and opportunities, pathways for development, and promising policy perspectives.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 40 – Pathways towards resilient urban food systems
This issue of Urban Agriculture Magazine showcases innovative approaches, actions, and initiatives for strengthening all aspects of urban and city region food systems. It supports knowledge transfer and co-learning over cities’ actions to help build food systems resilience, and how they can be put in different contexts.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine 39: Enabling Multiple Benefits of Urban Agriculture
The new issue of the Urban Agriculture Magazine delves into the critical role of urban and periurban agriculture (UPA) in addressing global challenges and its multifunctional benefits beyond food production.
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Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture for Strengthening Pro-Poor Resilience in Asian Cities: Investment Needs and Opportunities
This report responds to several trends in Asia and the Pacific which have been increasingly recognized in the region. Together with rising urban poverty, the number of urban residents facing food and nutrition insecurity is increasing despite spending the majority of their earnings on food purchases. The COVID 19 pandemic has added greater stress to…
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Urban Agriculture Magazine 38: 20+ years of RUAF
The new issue of the Urban Agriculture Magazine analyses five key work areas for the coming decade: Resilience, Social inclusion, Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture, Urban Planning, and Governance. Resilience Food systems around the globe are highly vulnerable to the impacts of multiple hazards, including climate shocks, natural events, global warming, and pol itical instability. People,…